Social Commentaries
Epigram 9 (Westminster is a mill which gryndes all causes,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 2
Social Commentaries
Westminster is a mill which gryndes all causes,
And grinde his cause for me there he that list:
For by Demurrs and Pleas, appeales, and clauses,
The tole is oft made greater then the gryste.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 9 (Westminster is a mill which gryndes all causes,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/49/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 9 (Westminster is a mill which gryndes all causes,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/49/.
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